Oct. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1987

Rural Lands in the Southland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirty-sixth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, having received the report of the Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said section is provided, do hereby declare that the rural lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the seventeenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and one; and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase or on lease in perpetuity, or, in respect of any land containing or supposed to contain any metal, mineral, or valuable stone, be selected on lease in perpetuity only; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Land.

Open land, with the exception of Section 12A, which carries a little bush of no commercial value; land is subject to flood at high tides; soil peaty. Distance from Fortrose, three miles. Subject to reservation of existing tramway-line, 50 links in width.

| Southland | WintonHundr’d | 7 | VIII. | 18 3 3 | 1 5 0 | 23 9 3 | 1 3 | 0 11 9 | 1 0 | 0 9 5 |
| " | " | 8 | " | 18 3 5 | 1 5 0 | 23 9 6 | 1 3 | 0 11 9 | 1 0 | 0 9 5 |

Undulating bush lands; old sawmill workings. Situated three miles from Winton.

| Stewart | Paterson | 156 | I. | 375 1 0 | 0 10 0 | 187 12 6 | 0 6 | 4 13 7 | 0 4·8 | 3 14 10 |
| Island | | | | | | | | | | |

Partly virgin bush, balance old sawmill workings; soil fair; well watered. About half a mile from Horse-shoe Bay Jetty and two miles and a half from Half-moon Bay.

| Southland | Otara | 16 | IV. | 182 3 35 | 0 5 0 | 45 15 0 | 0 3 | 1 2 11 | 0 2·4 | 0 18 4 |
| " | " | 17 | " | 200 3 0 | 0 5 0 | 50 11 3 | 0 3 | 1 5 4 | 0 2·4 | 1 0 3 |

Bush land, carrying timber of no commercial value; land rough and broken; soil poor. Situated three miles from Tokonui and ten miles from Fortrose.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this ninth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and one.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in the Taranaki Land District open for Sale or Selection.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirty-sixth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, having received the report of the Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said section is provided, do hereby declare that the rural lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the eighteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and one; and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase or on lease in perpetuity, or, in respect of any land containing or supposed to contain any metal, mineral, or valuable stone, be selected on lease in perpetuity only; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Mostly rough, broken country, ridges rising from 500 ft. to 600 ft. above the valleys; papa formation, and well watered. The land is wholly covered with forest, consisting of rata, rimu, tawa, towhai, and the usual undergrowth. There is an old Native clearing in Section 4, on the Maikaikatea Stream. The access to the land will be by the Kaka or Uruti Roads, though the Okoke Road may also be used as a means of access. Distance from Urenui, from sixteen to nineteen miles.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this third day of October, one thousand nine hundred and one.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.